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| Sandy Vance | |
|---|---|
| Pitcher | |
| Born: (1947-01-05)January 5, 1947 (age 78) Lamar, Colorado, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| April 26, 1970, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| June 30, 1971, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 9–8 |
| Earned run average | 3.83 |
| Strikeouts | 56 |
Stats atBaseball Reference  | |
| Teams | |
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Gene Covington Vance (born January 5, 1947) is a formerpitcher inMajor League Baseball. Drafted in the second round of the June 1968 secondary phase (behind Steve Garvey, first round) he pitched in 30 games in the 1970s for theLos Angeles Dodgers, including 21 starts and 2 complete games. In his first year as a rookie with the Dodgers, he was voted "Dodger Rookie of the Year" for that season with a 7–7 record and the lowest ERA on the Dodger pitchers starting staff. Arm injuries during the 1971 season (2–1 record) eventually forced an early retirement from baseball at age 26 in 1973.
He went to school atStanford University, graduating "with distinction" (top 15%) with a subsequent graduate degree fromCalifornia Polytechnic University (Cal Poly Pomona) in Land Planning and Landscape Architecture. While a pitcher at Stanford, he compiled a 32–3 win-loss record in his freshman, sophomore, and junior years, with a perfect 15–0 record (including 4 post season wins in Regional and College World Series play) in his sophomore year, a school record that still stands unbroken. He was subsequently voted into the Stanford Baseball Hall of Fame.
He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with a 37-year career in land planning and landscape architecture. He is currently a Senior Manager/Planner/Landscape Architect atKimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., a national multi-disciplinary consulting and design firm in land use, urban planning, civil engineering, traffic/transportation planning, as well as landscape architecture. He designs and lays out new communities and master plans throughout California and in other parts of the world.[citation needed] He continues to give pitching lessons in his spare time to local teens. He and his wife, Dee—former owner of In Place, an all-women move coordinating company—have three children, Ryan (Content Executive for Tonal, a home workout system), Erik (science journalist and associate editor with the New York Times living in Colorado), and Heidi (life and nutrition coach working from Big Sky, Montana)